Shelf and drawer support



Feb. 23 1926.

C. E. KEW

SHELF AND DRAWER SUPPORT Filed July 1 1925 flfnz/enzap 6521766, .'"7 WPatented Feb. 23, 1926.

CHARLES KEVJ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHELF AND DRAWER SUPPORT.

Application filed July 1, 1925. Serial No. 40,798.

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES, E. Knw, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in a Shelf and Drawer Support, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improve ments in shelf and drawersupports and has for its object the provision of an extremely simplesupport which will be economical of manufacture and installation andwhen installed will dependably remain in position. Moreover, as will behereafter seen, the support may be given the necessary form to secure adesired friction between the drawer and the structure within which itslides so as to overcome any tendency to rattle where vibration ispresent, for instance upon a railroad train or in a ship, and, moreover,the friction so produced will serve, also, to secure the drawer in an inor out, or in any intermediate position, as may be desired.

I attain the aforementioned objects by means of the structureillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. l is a sectionthrough the structure with which the support is assembled showing thesupport in full lines.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 1 with thedrawer in position.

Fig. 3 is a section similar to that shown in Fig. 1 of a modified formof support.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 3 with the drawerin position.

Fig. 5 is a section similar to that in Figs. 1 and 3 in which the formof support shown in Fig. 3 is secured to the drawer body instead of thecasing and a channel is provided in the casing for the receipt of thesupport.

Fig. 6 is an elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 5.

The casing within which the drawer slides and is supported may have anyusual form, such casing being typically shown in the drawing as composedof the vertical side walls, 7 and 8, and vertical rear wall, 9. Arecess, or bore, 10, is provided upon the same, or substantially thesame, horizontal plane in the side walls and rear wall. The supportitself comprises a spring wire, or rod, 11; and, in the form shown inFigs. 1 and 2, the wire, 11, is bent intermediate its ends to form astud, or projection, 12, for insertion into the recess, 10, in the rearvertical wall. The opposite ends of the wire, 11, after forming thestud, are diverged and brought forward and, preferably, looped at 13,and then bent laterally to provide the studs, or projections, 14, which,respectively, enter recess, 10, in opposite side walls, 7 and 8. Thespring of the portion of the rod, or wire 11, between the studs orprojections, is suflicient to retain the support definitely in assemblywith the walls and by giving the wire, or rod, 11, a desired upward bow,any degree of friction between the drawer and the top of the casing oran adjacent support can be secured.

In the modified form of my invention, shown in Figs. 3 and 4, I providetwo recesses, 10 in each side wall, 7 and 8. The support, in this case,is in two parts, each part consisting of two studs, or projections, llconnected by a length of spring wire, or rod, 11. In this form, also,the assembly between the recesses and the support is rendered dependableby reason of the spring connection between the studs. And, also, in thisform friction may likewise be obtained between the drawer and the casingby bending the connecting piece, 11, upwardly, as shown in Fig. 4, adesired distance.

In the further modified form, shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the same form ofsupport as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, is attached by inserting studs, 14,in the recesses, 10", provided in the side walls of the drawer bodyinstead of in the side walls of the casing. In this modified form,grooves, 15, are provided in the opposite side walls, 7 and 8, in whichthe outer ends of the studs, 14", and the connecting piece, 11, slide.In this form of my invention, also, a desired degree of friction isdeveloped between the drawer and the casing by bowing the connectingportion, 11', of the support both horizontally and vertically as shownin Figs. 5 and 6.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a casing to receive a shelf or drawer providedwith spaced recesses in a common plane, a support having studs adaptedto enter said recesses and spring Connections extending between saidstuds formed to create tension between said studs and the respectiverecesses with which they are assembled.

2. In combination Witha casing to receive a drawer provided With spacedrecesses in a common plane, a drawer and a support having studs adaptedto enter said recesses and spring connections extending between saidstuds formed to create, tension between said 10 studs and the respectiverecesses with which they are assembled, said spring connections beingbowed torcreate pressure between said drawer and said casing.

CHARLES E. KEXV.

